>> we had support from the ski area. they have some very high-capacity pumps at the top of the ski area. so, we're protecting the power supply for those pumps because if the fire does approach there, we're going to be relying on those. now to the soggy south. this church goers had quite the big surprise. they walked out of sunday services only to discover waist deep flood waters had stranded them. can you imagine? flash flood watches dot the region record rainfalls have saturated the ground and the threat of more heavy rain looms. cnn meteorologist indra petersons joins us live from new york. good morning. >> you getting familiar with this at all carol? >> i'm getting tired of it. >> i don't blame you whatsoever. july setting more records and now august and take a look, this is a water vapor. from the last three days, we look at the moisture from the yucatan peninsula feeding into is the southeast. day after day. record-breaking rain.